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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONI 
CLE. [N° 51. 
differ th 
of 
roi pra 2059 ols less Sena 
and — > bg the ss EHS ee spiracles in 
s¢ 
general | 
ra 
The last month of the year reminds us that ara ob- 
close; and althou: 
f 
the species of this numerous 
and 
| difficult of detection. 
sige ons of the Rose 
The 
best 5 al res ‘ 
se Aphis, which is igen 
which t 
more disti The vari phe aired of —_ genus inn er reason to believe that there are none i in exist- | ceewte aa with, is to ‘prune he i nger shoots of th 
h their habi ence that m may not be brought Rose-tree upon whic h thei insect psi dep sited its e : 
ling toget ecatiee pe here beri and p Bowers on the ae the era here described. It has been our object winter months, an ain remove took 
side of leaves, some dwelling in crevices of the bark, | draw the oe prey it of entomologists to = more accurate | asket, in ea etting a fall upon the zouk. 
others forming for themselves a nidus on the stalks or eee, eee of the nature and habits of the minute in- | for in the ‘attér wand, if there should be any ita, ineesty 
leaves, somewhat after the manner = be Cynipide, or | sects, whose power over bisa is so ‘seat and if w fl upon them, they will certainly crawl upon t —— 
banner wer others, again, _ whole period of | are so fortunate as to arouse the eir latent e1 ergies, we. trust | By this close pruning the health of ne Freie will not ely 
their e under gronn fe improved, but the bloom of the succeeding seaso cil 
Ltareed “in the “Pens megs acoeipee “instances of a valuable pages. Before we conciude, tower we must re- | | be considerably increased. It is p rovidentially ordained 
will be noticed, in which insects of thi P it eir principal, 
Pp f the y ligible f the little | if not their sole e support, from the Preval. m of. Bee: 
ogo ced Eriosoma Fagi.—A ch 4 th of | pests to which th 1 “Those species which | to numerous small birds we are indebted for their 
May, if th her is not very cold, y i f thi infest our hothouses and cinenrvatorics $ may | be dest troye ed | diminution. By these means, ar be the effect of at 
kind may be discovered on tl leaves < henever the gardener thinks fit, t spheric changes, they are kept within due bounds ; and it 
the amar athe: they soon increase in ‘emmnlieirs remedied in the out-door department, when trees “an “1 only requires the vigilant attention of man, in addition to 
covered with masses of a viscid cotton-like rab cr | shrubs ven lost their foliage. Aerie carl = applica- | the other checks upon their increase, to keep our gardens 
The colour of the body is of a dirty green, that of their | tions, such as oil, , tar, @ mixture of po tash a d lime, and | sufficiently exempt from them. Their abundance or scarcit 
bright orange. e maleis win: and of a darker | other i ents. ad f ti affords ev the casual y 
ingredi 
of the Eriosoma Mal ali; we believe that all t ri applica- 
: the Lone se in both sexes is s short and stron, 
pecies 
tions may be — aac if — with ty a3 caution and 
constant watchfulness 
leston Hall. 
requisite, since | 
k ; theyare of their increase is oe ks their habi i of concealment 
considerable size, nie ri a peach fedieg ‘ha’ ving their 
whole covered with long beep of coteny roattor. : . 
The male is Me: , and of a dar! ei Shen they are THE inom mre aa 
seldom tar masses, a duals being Zr 
scattered 0 a space « sod copeanveniy ators ty eae slikst tines, the bark of - ee ser Males, ices ; 
3d species. Erioso na Mali. —This species has attracted | 4) “st wy ch ark of trees, in cle for 
f the genus, in conse quence the tenderest sentiments of the heart. The nasthatin of the re often por as the scene of reci procal v vews, 
of its depredations upon the Apple-tree: rees of our ga and the readiness with which a rude inscription can be carved upon the yielding surface, have offered to many 
and ore rds. They attack the yf ane the under me of lovers an 9} rae. ne wuleh could not be over’ rlooked. Even when ri durable m mat terials were at hand, there 
the branches, tora contracts when wounded by their ARC 5 
eee siete aaron. seth hon Aig ey Shakepenresille great master of the language of the heart, has not as to notice this circumstance. When 
Bi eg one Soe 
rances upon the e footstalks’ aad midrib rib ofthe leaves, some- 
poses for wir |, they are 
ended ; the Gall- -fly raising 
its excrescences for the} egg, an 
tection of its 
fit 
nourishment of its larvee, whilst anti: estes 
around self, ca 
Orlando, in “ re You Like It,” is ee of yf osing, 
In like manner, Taso represents Erminia as confiding to 
course of her love. 
ret een hss 
Hi f Perché se 
BR 
a Lay 1 cool shades o’erarch’d 
a be 
was 
na lies, 
n Ash was thus felled 
+ the th. 
1, 
> ehe Thorax i 
seven-} 
head of this Taseet is Se anaes 
foarte aad 
; —r Pode ee 
“ That rae posts which 1 4 this forest looks, 
everyW 
des in legged po pote propre nots 
Questa dolente istoria, amiche piante. 
alle vostr’ ombre 
made id York- 
fo: rik but as cultivation has advanced, the trees have 
bei: the 
om es ie a 
Gocctar ra eeanihabe 
ie ee thy virtues whisper’d eve: where 
y Oriaaie ¢ carve on every tree, 
, the unexpressive she.” 
Act iii., Scene 2. 
the bark of trees the name of Tancredi, and the unhappy 
Sovente allor, che su gli estivi ardori 
egli 
«In voi serbate 
_Oft when her flocks, from summer's noontide rays, 
20. 
any years since, at Coxwol near Thirsk, in 
fog ee dor 
the Hospital at 
tree is, that it was gi 
| Th The porter of te bop bie to: fan seh for ts baring been 
crushed. Frito Mate Page ten of May, 1757. 
i Shomer was aeras 5 os ‘ 
iva tr egrees been cleared away. A and split for fire-wood. ing riven as at 
ome- | oubtepert: of the tree was cleft in two, like a case, leaving the inner portion of the trunk entire: and the following 
The inscription w: discovered, distinctly legible, both u upon the inner part of th the trunk, a and, with the letters in- 
han | Verted, upon the outer casing. ek Se 
he The accompanying woodcut two portio og ; aa se ay pare 
very The inscription can, wit without difisaity, be Griabinete 
THIS TRE 
; LOVNG - 
‘ TIME & 2 
' BEARE 
: : THAT Gia 
WALK HEA 
| ‘There ino da to the inrripton, bat the << a i wari may ie sacicialied, with much probe 
rk Leatham, between a eae and Redcar. 
